The United States International University is the leading international university in East and Central Africa catering to over 5000 students representing over 54 nationalities and with a global network of over 10000 alumni.
USIU is committed to providing a quality, international education through world-class service delivery platforms.

USIU is seeking to recruit qualified candidates for the position listed below.

Business Application Administrator
Job Purpose: To ensure business applications on the campus are running effectively and provide support to users in resolving their issues in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Managing the ERP, Library System, e-learning platform and other business applications
• Managing SQL, Oracle and Informix databases that run various business applications
• Developing reports across the different systems to support decision making in the University
• Ensuring that access to the business applications is secure and available 24×7
• Responsible for backup and restore procedures across the different systems
• Undertake system upgrades and patches for the applications and databases
• Responsible for undertaking projects to upgrade systems or add on new modules
• Working with local and international vendors to resolve problems logged into the helpdesk in a timely manner
• Ensuring documentation for the various systems are up to date

Minimum Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in Information Systems, Electrical Engineering or related degree

Minimum Experience: 1-2 years’ experience managing applications in a busy environment

Skills required

• Good interpersonal skills
• Organizational skills
• Detail oriented
• Innovative skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Interested applicants must send detailed CV, contact address, telephone numbers, both current and expected salary and benefits by post or e-mail by Thursday, September 20 2012 to either of the following addresses:

Head of Human Resources
United States International University,
Off Thika Road, Nairobi
P. O. Box 14634 – 00800
Nairobi, Kenya
E-mail: jobs@usiu.ac.ke or hr@usiu.ac.ke

Website: www.usiu.ac.ke